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Midges surrounding turkey vulture
From Len Nelson: When I took an image of a Turkey Vulture (TV) on 6-22-18 in Ellis Creek, I only did so because it was nicely backlit on a post with its wings open. But, when I proceeded the...
read moreBirding Petaluma Wetlands Through the Months: June
From Peter Colasanti: June is lovely. It’s mostly spring, the days are the longest, we’ll have clear skies at dawn. It’s a great month to get married or go birding in...
read moreBirding Petaluma Wetlands Through the Months: May 2018
From Peter Colasanti: Welcome to May, the breedingest month in the Petaluma wetlands. By May Day the early birds start hatching eggs while the late migrants are all freshly arrived and...
read moreBirding Petaluma Wetlands Through the Months: April
From Peter Colasanti, April 2018 I confess that April is my favorite month for birding Northern California. The green of the landscape is broken only by the...
read moreBirding Petaluma Wetlands Through the Months : March
From Peter Colasanti: To anyone who has lived through a real winter, March in the Petaluma Wetlands feels the most like the essence of springtime. It must be that way to the birds...
read moreBirding Petaluma Wetlands Through the Months: January 2018
From Peter Colasanti, JAN 2018: A game most birders play involves the keeping of a year list, and those fireworks you heard Sunday night were to announce that it’s time to start yours for...
read moreBirding Petaluma Wetlands Through the Months: December
From: Peter Colasanti December, the darkest month, feels like the coldest. Well it’s also the birdiest one in the Petaluma Wetlands, with 144 species logged since 2005 for the month. It only...
read moreBirding Petaluma Wetlands Through the Months : November
From Peter Colasanti, 11-17 By early November most of the long distance migrant birds have taken the advice of their DNA and relocated to the longer and sunnier days of the...
read moreBirding Petaluma Wetlands Through the Year : October
From Peter Colasanti In October the migration of long distance landbirds is largely past, though some possibilities for finding vagrants remain, even in the Petaluma...
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Chapter 6 of Bob’s Wildlife and Birds – Mute Swans
From Bob Dyer email 10-2016 MUTE SWAN The mention of “swans” in the mind of many adults, conjures up a mental picture, probably similar to the one above. These are the graceful creatures of fairy...
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